Anupong Paochinda
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General Anupong Paochinda อนุพงษ์ เผ่าจินดา |
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| Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Army |
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In office 1 October 2007 – 30 September 2010 |
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| Prime Minister |
Surayud Chulanont Samak Sundaravej Somchai Wongsawat Abhisit Vejjajiva |
| Preceded by | Sonthi Boonyaratglin |
| Succeeded by | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
| Minister of Interior | |
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Assumed office 30 August 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
| Preceded by | Charupong Ruangsuwan |
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10 October 1949 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Spouse(s) | Kunlaya Paochinda |
| Religion | Buddhism |
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| Allegiance |
 Thailand
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Thai Army
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| Years of service | 1967 - 2010 |
| Rank |
 General
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General Anupong Paochinda (Thai: อนุพงษ์ เผ่าจินดา; rtgs: Anuphong Phaochinda; born 10 October 1949) is a Thai retired army officer. He held the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army from 2007 until his retirement on 30 September 2010.
While a lieutenant general holding the position of 1st Army Region Commander, Anupong was an appointed member of the Council for National Security, the group that staged the 2006 Thai coup d'état and deposed the caretaker government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
After the coup d'état in 2014, Anupong became an advisor to the junta which calls itself "National Council for Peace and Order" (NCPO), and in August 2014 minister of interior in General Prayut Chan-o-cha's post-coup government.
Anupong completed his primary education at Bangkok's Phanthasuksa Pitthaya School in 1965 and Thai-British curriculum at Amnuay Silpa School the following year. He gained a military education from the Thailand's Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School in 1967 (Class 10, a classmate of prime minister-to-be Thaksin Shinawatra) and from Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy in 1972 (Class 21). He holds degrees in political science from Ramkhamhaeng University (1993), and a master's degree from the National Defence College of Thailand's Class 26 of Thailand's National Institute of Development Administration (2004).
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